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sho

Updated 10mo ago

Feeling Ignored by Doctors: Does Anyone Else Experience This?

do you ever feel like when you tell your doctor there something wrong they don't take you seriously?

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StarGazer333

Omg yes! It makes me feel like I’m from a different planet!

sho

I feel like they should take us seriously.. because we just want to get better

Elizalo

If I get that feeling I just never go back. They’re a waste of my time. It’s really frustrating because I feel like men don’t have as hard a time with doctors believing them.

AnxiousAl

wait that’s totally not true is men get the same thing

BernK

I don't trust male gp. I prefer female.

poodlelover28

Yesss!!! A rheumatologist in my doctor's office told me that if I took better care of myself I wouldn't have flare ups that land me in ER. 🙄

SassyMouth

I have in the past. I'm fortunate enough to have finally found a great one.

sho

what is your best advice to give me ? Cause I feel like my doctor not listening to me and my pain is just getting worse?

React

Definitely my doctor just wants to not listen and push pills on me I'm type 2 diabetic. I asked for a test meter. She told me no there's no reason to get 1

BernK

try getting one at Kroger. They sell some without a prescription

100Percent_K

With some providers, yes

madd94

Yes, I always feel like I’m being bounced around between drs, dismissed, and/or passed off to different specialists. Can really start to feel like you’re crazy and no one wants to deal with you.

SuzyP

I got "you're too young to feel like that." And that was that. I've even had a Dr put me on anti-depressants because i cried about pain in my arm. 2 years later and many many shots, i had my neck fused . I had bone spurs, pinched nerves, ruptured disk.

Taty

Every time

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